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Weekly-Roundup-–-13Th-To-18Th-January-2020 National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 PRESENTS WEEKLY ROUND UP (13th TO 18th January 2020) JAYANAGAR BRANCH: LUCKY PARADISE, 2ND FLOOR, 8TH F MAIN ROAD, 22ND CROSS, OPPOSITE TO ICICI BANK, 3RD BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE -560011 1 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 INDEX SL TOPIC PAGE NO NO Connect to Prelims 1 INDIAN COBRA GENOME DECODED 3 2 PROTECTING POWER 3 3 STATEMENT ON CLIMATE OF INDIA DURING 2019 4 4 PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN ARMED 5 CONFLICT 5 NEON 5 6 SEA GUARDIANS 6 7 COASTAL REGULATION ZONE (CRZ) RULES 7 8 ARTEMIS PROGRAM 7 9 H9N2 8 10 SECOND WETLAND BIRD COUNT (KAZIRANGA) 8 11 LEVELS AND TRENDS IN CHILD MORTALITY 9 12 ICGS ANNIE BESANT; ICGS AMRIT KAUR 10 13 QABOOS BIN SAID AL SAID 10 14 MAKAR SANKRANTI 11 15 KAIFI AZMI 11 2 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 CONNECT TO PRELIMS 1. INDIAN COBRA GENOME DECODED An international team of researchers have reported that they have sequenced the genome of the Indian cobra, in the process identifying the genes that define its venom. This, they hope, can provide a blueprint for developing more effective antivenom. In the Indian cobra genome, the authors identified 19 key toxin genes, the only ones that should matter in snakebite treatment. They stress the need to leverage this knowledge for creation of antivenom using synthetic human antibodies. Targeting these 19 specific toxins using synthetic human antibodies should lead to a safe and effective antivenom for treating Indian cobra bites. 2. PROTECTING POWER Following the killing of Iranian military and intelligence commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in a drone attack carried out by the United States, the Iranian government registered its protest with the Swiss Embassy in Tehran. Switzerland represents the interests of the US in Iran. This is because the US itself does not have an embassy there. Iran’s interests in the United States, on the other hand, are represented by the Pakistan Embassy in Washington. 3 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 In an arrangement such as this, Switzerland is the “Protecting Power” of the United States’ interests in Iran. The instrument of Protecting Powers is provided for under the 1961 and 1963 Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations. They state that If diplomatic relations are broken off between two States, the sending State may entrust the protection of its interests and those of its nationals to a third State acceptable to the receiving State. 3. STATEMENT ON CLIMATE OF INDIA DURING 2019 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released its weather summary titled the ‘Statement on Climate of India during 2019.’ The average temperature during 2019 rose by 0.36 degrees celsius, making this the seventh warmest year on record. The year 2016 was by far the warmest year recorded. The decade 2011-19 was the warmest on record for the country. The report highlighted that India had warmed by 1 degree Celsius since 1901. Arabian Sea brewed more cyclonic storms than the Bay of Bengal in 2019. This was only the second time in 117 years that the Arabian Sea saw such intense and frequent cyclones. The year 2019 was one of extremes — heat, cold, rain and cyclones — for India, killing a total of 1,562 people. The previous year, total deaths caused due to similar weather vagaries was 1,428. Rain and flood alone claimed 849 lives, with Bihar being the worst affected state due to unprecedented weather events experienced during all the seasons last year. The causes of deaths due to extreme weather events last year were as follows: heavy rain and floods 849, heatwave 349, thunderstorm 210, lightning 75, snow avalanche 51 and cold wave 28. 4. PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN ARMED CONFLICT 4 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 President Donald Trump tweeted that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, in retaliation, the US would target 52 sites in Iran which are important to Iranian culture. Such a step, should he follow through on his threat, could be considered a war crime. The nations of the world adopted at The Hague in 1954, The Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, the first international treaty focussed exclusively on the protection of cultural heritage during war and armed conflict. The Convention defined cultural property as “movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural heritage of every people, such as monuments of architecture, art or history, whether religious or secular; archaeological sites….”, etc. The Rome Statute of 1998, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court, describes as a “war crime” any intentional attack against a historical monument, or a building dedicated to religion, education, art, or science. 5. NEON 5 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 Samsung’s Star Labs has officially unveiled Neon as its latest artificial intelligence (AI) powered project. Neons are Artificial Intelligence virtual beings capable of showing human-like emotions and intelligence. Neons look and behave like a real human, with the ability to show emotions and intelligence. Neons can learn new skills and form memories from experiences. Neons are capable of human-like interactions and have the ability to communicate with human affect, learn from experiences and even form new memories. They can serve as an individualised teacher, a personal financial advisor, a healthcare provider, or a concierge. Neons are digitally composed next-generation artificial intelligent entities created Star Labs’ CORE R3 and SPECTRA engines. The CORE R3 engine has been revealed to bring lifelike reality and realtime responsiveness to Neons. The SPECTRA engine is responsible for providing the Neons with intelligence, learning, emotions and memory. 6. 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The Rules have a no-development zone of 20 m for all islands close to the mainland coast, and for all backwater islands in the mainland. 8. ARTEMIS PROGRAM Indian American Raja Chari is among 11 new astronauts who joined NASA’s ranks. 7 | P a g e National IAS Academy Weekly Roundup – 13th to 18th January 2020 Contact: 9632334466 The new graduates are the first to graduates since NASA announced its Artemis programme. NASA wants to send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by the year 2024, which it plans on doing through the Artemis lunar exploration program. With the Artemis program, NASA wishes to demonstrate new technologies, capabilities and business approaches that will ultimately be needed for the future exploration of Mars. For the Artemis program, NASA’s new rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS) will send astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft a quarter of a million miles away from Earth to the lunar orbit. Once astronauts dock Orion at the Gateway — which is a small spaceship in orbit around the moon — the astronauts will be able to live and work around the Moon, and from the spaceship, astronauts will take expeditions to the surface of the Moon. The astronauts going for the Artemis program will wear newly designed spacesuits, called Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or xEMU. 9. H9N2 Indian scientists of the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune have detected the country’s first case of infection with avian influenza A(H9N2). H9N2 is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes human influenza as well as bird flu. The H9N2 subtype was isolated for the first time in Wisconsin, US in 1966 from turkey flocks. H9N2 viruses are found worldwide in wild birds and are endemic in poultry in many areas. H9N2 virus infections in humans are rare, but likely under-reported due to typically mild symptoms of the infections.
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